A 53-year-old man drowned in flood
waters in the town of Gravina di Catania on Tuesday, sources
said, as the wave of extreme weather that has been battering
Sicily and other part of southern Italy for days claimed another
life.
It had initially been reported that the victim was a young
woman.
The man's body was found under his car, sources said.
Apparently he got engulfed in the flood waters after getting out
of his car, perhaps due to a road accident.
Rescuers are still searching for a 54-year woman who was swept
away along with her husband by flood waters in the town of
Scordia, also near Catania, on Sunday.
The body of her 67-year-old husband was found on Monday.
Some of Catania's streets were turned into 'rivers' and the
central Piazza Duomo outside the Sicilian city's cathedral
resembled a lake on Tuesday because of the flooding.
The chaos was made worse by a power blackout in the city centre
The wave of bad weather is forecast to last all week.
Scientists say climate change caused by human activity is making
extreme weather events more frequent and even more intense.
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